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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
87
Citations
33137
World Ranking
545
National Ranking
193

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2013 - Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA)
  • 1994 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
  • 1991 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Bruce A. Menge is affiliated with Oregon State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences and Environmental Science, with a strong emphasis on Oceanography, Ecology, and Global and Planetary Change. The scientist's work spans various specialized subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecological Modeling.

Their main topics of study encompass Marine and coastal plant biology, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, and Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics. Additional areas of focus include Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses, Plant and animal studies, and Species Distribution and Climate Change.

Bruce A. Menge has published extensively in scientific journals, with frequent publications appearing in venues such as Ecological Monographs, Ecosphere, Ecology and Evolution, PLoS ONE, and Ecology. Their recent and notable papers include the following titles:

  • Remote sensing: generation of long-term kelp bed data sets for evaluation of impacts of climatic variation, 2020, Ecology
  • Increasing instability of a rocky intertidal meta-ecosystem, 2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Biogeography of ocean acidification: Differential field performance of transplanted mussels to upwelling-driven variation in carbonate chemistry, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • El Niño and marine heatwaves: Ecological impacts on Oregon rocky intertidal kelp communities at local to regional scales, 2022, Ecological Monographs
  • Regime shifts in rocky intertidal communities associated with a marine heatwave and disease outbreak, 2024, Nature Ecology & Evolution

Frequent collaborators with Bruce A. Menge include:

  • Sarah A. Gravem
  • Francis Chan
  • Jonathan Robinson
  • Brittany N. Poirson
  • Sally D. Hacker

The scientist has been recognized through several fellowships, such as:

  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2020
  • Fellow of the Ecological Society of America (ESA), 2013
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1994
  • Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), 1991

Best Publications

  • COMMUNITY REGULATION: VARIATION IN DISTURBANCE, COMPETITION, AND PREDATION IN RELATION TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS AND RECRUITMENT

    Bruce A. Menge;John P. Sutherland

  • Challenges in the Quest for Keystones

    Mary E. Power;David Tilman;James A. Estes;Bruce A. Menge

  • RECRUITMENT AND THE LOCAL DYNAMICS OF OPEN MARINE POPULATIONS

    M. J. Caley;M. H. Carr;M. A. Hixon;T. P. Hughes

  • Species Diversity Gradients: Synthesis of the Roles of Predation, Competition, and Temporal Heterogeneity

    Bruce A. Menge;John P. Sutherland

  • Organization of the New England Rocky Intertidal Community: Role of Predation, Competition, and Environmental Heterogeneity

    Bruce A. Menge

  • Indirect Effects in Marine Rocky Intertidal Interaction Webs: Patterns and Importance

    Bruce A. Menge

  • The Keystone Species Concept: Variation in Interaction Strength in a Rocky Intertidal Habitat

    Bruce A. Menge;Eric L. Berlow;Carol A. Blanchette;Sergio A. Navarrete

  • Community Development and Persistence in a Low Rocky Intertidal Zone

    Jane Lubchenco;Bruce A. Menge

  • Emergence of Anoxia in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem

    F. Chan;J. A. Barth;J. Lubchenco;A. Kirincich

  • Upwelling-driven nearshore hypoxia signals ecosystem and oceanographic changes in the northeast Pacific.

    Brian A. Grantham;Francis Chan;Karina J. Nielsen;David S. Fox

  • Role of scale and environmental factors in regulation of community structure.

    Bruce A. Menge;Annette M. Olson

  • Top-down and bottom-up community regulation in marine rocky intertidal habitats.

    Bruce A Menge

  • MOSAIC PATTERNS OF THERMAL STRESS IN THE ROCKY INTERTIDAL ZONE: IMPLICATIONS FOR CLIMATE CHANGE

    Brian Helmuth;Bernardo R. Broitman;Carol A. Blanchette;Sarah Gilman

  • Community Regulation: Under What Conditions Are Bottom-Up Factors Important on Rocky Shores?

    Bruce A. Menge

  • Community Organization in Temperate and Tropical Rocky Intertidal Habitats: Prey Refuges in Relation to Consumer Pressure Gradients

    Bruce A. Menge;Jane Lubchenco

  • Predation intensity in a rocky intertidal community : Relation between predator foraging activity and environmental harshness.

    Bruce A. Menge

  • The Role of Indirect Effects in Food Webs

    Peter A. Abrams;Bruce A. Menge;Gary G. Mittelbach;David A. Spiller

  • Intensification and spatial homogenization of coastal upwelling under climate change

    Daiwei Wang;Tarik C. Gouhier;Bruce A. Menge;Auroop R. Ganguly

  • Delayed upwelling alters nearshore coastal ocean ecosystems in the northern California current

    John A. Barth;Bruce A. Menge;Jane Lubchenco;Francis Chan

  • More than a meal… integrating non-feeding interactions into food webs.

    Sonia Kéfi;Sonia Kéfi;Eric L. Berlow;Eric L. Berlow;Evie A. Wieters;Evie A. Wieters;Sergio A. Navarrete

Frequent Co-Authors

Jane Lubchenco
Jane Lubchenco Oregon State University
Carol A. Blanchette
Carol A. Blanchette University of California, Santa Barbara
John A. Barth
John A. Barth Oregon State University
Peter T. Raimondi
Peter T. Raimondi University of California, Santa Cruz
Eric Sanford
Eric Sanford University of California, Davis
Gretchen E. Hofmann
Gretchen E. Hofmann University of California, Santa Barbara
Sergio A. Navarrete
Sergio A. Navarrete Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Libe Washburn
Libe Washburn University of California, Santa Barbara
Stephen R. Palumbi
Stephen R. Palumbi Stanford University
Francis Ka-Ming Chan
Francis Ka-Ming Chan Duke University

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